Contents:
- THE REVOLUTNARY WAR HERO WHO WAS OPENLY GAY
- HOW A GAY PSSIAN WHO SPOKE NO ENGLISH BEME A HERO OF THE AMERIN REVOLUTN
- BARON VON STBEN, WASHGTON’S GAY GENERAL AND FRIEND
- FRERICK VON STBEN: BARON, DRILLMASTER, AND GAY GENERAL
THE REVOLUTNARY WAR HERO WHO WAS OPENLY GAY
Gay men have always been part of the Amerin ary.
In an era before gay marriage or open pri, ary men fell love, formed passnate iendships and had same-sex enunters.
HOW A GAY PSSIAN WHO SPOKE NO ENGLISH BEME A HERO OF THE AMERIN REVOLUTN
But the se of one of the ary’s foundg hero, homosexualy was always part of the story. Historians also thk he was homosexual—and served as an openly gay man the ary at a time when sex between men was punished as a crime.
BARON VON STBEN, WASHGTON’S GAY GENERAL AND FRIEND
He also downplayed mors that the baron had been dismissed om the Pssian ary for homosexualy.
FRERICK VON STBEN: BARON, DRILLMASTER, AND GAY GENERAL
But he was gay, and homosexualy was viewed as a crimal aberratn by many of his peers.